CONTENTS
PAGE [Editor’s Note] v [Introduction by Lawrence Gilman] xvii [BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN] [The Brandenburg Concertos] 2 [The Concertos for Pianoforte] 4 [The Orchestral Suites] 5 [BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN] [Symphony No. 1, in C major] 7 [Symphony No. 2, in D major] 10 [Symphony No. 3, in E flat major] 13 [Symphony No. 4, in B flat major] 18 [Symphony No. 5, in C minor] 22 [Symphony No. 6, in F major] 26 [Symphony No. 7, in A major] 29 [Symphony No. 8, in F major] 34 [Symphony No. 9, in D minor] 38 [Overture to Leonore No. 3] 44 [Overture to Egmont] 47 [Overture to Coriolanus] 49 [Concerto for Pianoforte, No. 4, in G major] 51 [Concerto for Pianoforte, No. 5, in E flat major] 52 [Concerto for Violin, in D major] 54 [BERLIOZ, HECTOR] [Symphonie Fantastique, in C major] 57 [Overture, The Roman Carnival] 64 [BLOCH, ERNEST] [Schelomo, Hebrew Rhapsody for Violoncello and Orchestra] 66 [BORODIN, ALEXANDER] [Symphony No. 2, in B minor] 70 [BRAHMS, JOHANNES] [Symphony No. 1, in C minor] 77 [Symphony No. 2, in D major] 80 [Symphony No. 3, in F major] 83 [Symphony No. 4, in E minor] 86 [Variations on a Theme by Josef Haydn] 88 [Tragic Overture] 90 [Academic Festival Overture] 91 [Concerto for Pianoforte, No. 1, in D minor] 94 [Concerto No. 2, in B flat major, for Pianoforte] 95 [Concerto for Violin, in D major] 97 [BRUCKNER, ANTON] [Symphony No. 7, in E major] 102 [Symphony No. 8, in C minor] 106 [CARPENTER, JOHN ALDEN] [Adventures in a Perambulator, Suite] 114 [DEBUSSY, CLAUDE ACHILLE] [Prélude à l’Après-Midi d’un Faune] 119 [Nocturnes] 122 [La Mer] 124 [Ibéria: “Images” for Orchestra, No. 2] 127 [DVOŘÁK, ANTON] [Symphony No. 5, in E minor] 131 [ELGAR, EDWARD] [Variations on an Original Theme, Enigma] 135 [DE FALLA, MANUEL] [Ballet-Pantomime: El Amor Brujo] 140 [Three Dances from El Sombrero de Tres Picos] 142 [FRANCK, CÉSAR] [Symphony in D minor] 146 [HANDEL, GEORG FRIDERIC] [Twelve Concerti Grossi, for String Orchestra] 151 [HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEF] (London Symphonies) [Symphony No. 104, in D major (B. & H. No. 2)] 155 [Symphony No. 94, in G major (“Surprise”) (B. & H. No. 6)] 157 (Paris Symphonies) [Symphony No. 88, in G major (B. & H. No. 13)] 158 [HINDEMITH, PAUL] [Konzertmusik for String and Brass Instruments] 161 [HONEGGER, ARTHUR] [Pacific 231, Orchestral Movement] 164 [D’INDY, VINCENT] [Symphony No. 2, in B flat major] 166 [Istar, Symphonic Variations] 170 [LISZT, FRANZ] [A Faust Symphony] 175 [Symphonic Poem, No. 3, Les Préludes] 181 [Pianoforte Concerto, No. 1, in E flat] 182 [LOEFFLER, CHARLES MARTIN] [A Pagan Poem] 184 [MacDOWELL, EDWARD] [Orchestral Suite, No. 2, in E minor, Indian] 186 [MAHLER, GUSTAV] [The Symphonies] 190 [Symphony No. 5, in C sharp minor] 192 [MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY, FELIX] [Symphony in A major, “Italian”] 195 [Overture and Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream] 199 [Concert Overture, The Hebrides, or Fingal’s Cave] 201 [Concerto for Violin, in E minor] 203 [MOUSSORGSKY, MODESTE] [A Night on Bald Mountain] 206 [MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS] [Symphony in E flat major (Koechel No. 543)] 211 [Symphony in G minor (Koechel No. 550)] 212 [Symphony in C major (“Jupiter”) (Koechel No. 551)] 212 [Overture to The Marriage of Figaro] 217 [Overture to The Magic Flute] 219 [The Concertos for Violin] 221 [Mozart as Pianist] 222 [PROKOFIEFF, SERGE] [Scythian Suite] 225 [Classical Symphony] 227 [RACHMANINOFF, SERGEI] [Symphony No. 2 in E minor] 229 [Concerto No. 2 in C minor, for Pianoforte] 232 [RAVEL, MAURICE] [Ma Mère l’Oye: Five Children’s Pieces] 234 [Daphnis et Chloé, Ballet (Second Series)] 237 [Bolero] 239 [RESPIGHI, OTTERINO] [Symphonic Poem, Pines of Rome] 241 [RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, NICOLAS] [Symphonic Suite, Scheherazade] 244 [Caprice on Spanish Themes] 250 [SAINT-SAËNS, CHARLES CAMILLE] [Symphony No. 3, in C minor (with organ)] 255 [SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD] [Verklärte Nacht, Arranged for String Orchestra] 259 [SCHUBERT, FRANZ] [Symphony No. 8, in B minor (“Unfinished”)] 265 [Symphony No. 7, in C major] 267 [SCHUMANN, ROBERT] [Symphony No. 1, in B flat major] 272 [Symphony No. 2, in C major] 275 [Symphony No. 3, in E flat major] 278 [Symphony No. 4, in D minor] 282 [Concerto in A minor, for Pianoforte] 285 [SCRIABIN, ALEXANDER] [The Poem of Ecstasy (Le Poème de l’Extase)] 288 [SIBELIUS, JEAN] [Symphony No. 1, in E minor] 292 [Symphony No. 2, in D major] 295 [Symphony No. 4, in A minor] 298 [Symphony No. 5, in E flat major] 300 [Symphony No. 7] 301 [Finlandia, Symphonic Poem] 303 [The Swan of Tuonela, Symphonic Poem] 305 [STRAUSS, RICHARD] [Don Juan, Tone Poem] 308 [Tod und Verklärung, Death and Transfiguration, Tone Poem] 310 [Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Tone Poem] 313 [Thus Spake Zarathustra, Tone Poem] 316 [Don Quixote, Variations] 320 [Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), Tone Poem] 327 [STRAVINSKY, IGOR] [Suite from L’Oiseau de Feu (The Fire-Bird)] 331 [Suite from Petrouchka] 333 [Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) Pictures of Pagan Russia] 336 [TAYLOR, DEEMS] [Through the Looking Glass, Suite] 339 [TCHAIKOVSKY, PETER] [Symphony No. 4, in F minor] 344 [Symphony No. 5, in E minor] 346 [Symphony No. 6, in B minor, Pathétique] 350 [Romeo and Juliet, Overture Fantasia] 354 [Concerto for Pianoforte, No. 1, in B flat minor] 356 [Concerto for Violin, in D major] 359 [WAGNER, RICHARD] [Overture to Rienzi] 365 [Overture to Der Fliegende Holländer] 366 [Overture to Tannhäuser] 367 [Prelude to Lohengrin] 368 [Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde] 370 [Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg] 371 [A Siegfried Idyl] 373 [“The Ride of the Valkyries,” from Die Walküre] 375 [Prelude to Parsifal] 376 [Good Friday Spell, from Parsifal] 379 [WEBER, CARL MARIA VON] [Overture to Oberon] 381 [Overture to Der Freischütz] 382 [Overture to Euryanthe] 385 [WILLIAMS, RALPH VAUGHAN] [A London Symphony] 389 [Index] 395